Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It was the late 1930s in Brooklyn when Van Harris met his wife-to-be, Shirley. The couple went on to share a 75-year relationship, and were well known for performing comedy together in Borscht Belt resorts in New York State for nearly 40 years. But there was another place they loved to spend time together — Dubrow’s Cafeteria. At StoryCorps, the duo shared stories of the characters they met at the cultural landmark.

Directed by
Richard O’Connor

Executive Producers
Michael Garofalo
Rachel Hartman
Dave Isay

Producer
Savannah Winchester

Senior Audio Producer
Micheal Garofalo

Audio Produced by
Micheal Garofalo

Supervising Sound Recordist
John White

Audio Mixed By
Jarrett Floyd

Animation by
Ace & Son Moving Picture Co., LLC

Character Design
Dan Welch

Backgrounds
Natalie Greene

Animators
Taisiya Zaretskaya
Maximillian Hagendorf


Original Music
Joshua Abrams

Music Performed by
Joshua Abrams
Hamid Drake
Marquis Hill
Emmett Kelly
Adam Thornburg

Music Mixed by
Joshua Abrams
Neil Strauch

Outro Music by
“Butter Baby” by Geoffrey Peter Gascoyne
From the Album Jazz Decades: 30s
Published by KPM

Special Thanks
Van Harris
Shirley Harris


In Partnership with
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
NPR
POV

Original Production Funding Provided by
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
A private corporation funded by the American people.


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